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Erik

@ DelightfullyDivisive @discuss.online

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  • What new medications are all the cool kidz taking these days?

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  • Atomoxitine for the past few years. Recently I have tried modafinil to supplement it. It's like a lightweight version of stimulants. I find that I don't need a normal 100 mg dose for it to work. 50 mg is enough, and I think even 25 mg it has a noticeable effect.

    I am experimenting with Adderall on one or two days per week, then modafinil for 2-3 more, with atomoxitine everyday. (I basically supplement my strattera Monday through thursday, and occasionally on a Friday to make work easier.) This seems like a really useful combination to me so far, and with this dosing schedule, it seems like it will take a very long time for me to build up a tolerance, if I ever do.

    I love my prescriber. He knows that I am fairly cautious about medications, so he is willing to prescribe different things over time to see what works best.

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  • After decades of trying to find the perfect system, I settled on a searchable notes app (I use Joplin) to dump in everything, and a mind mapping app (I use Xmind) as a day to day log. I keep regular journal entries in Joplin, and anything from Xmind that I want to be able to find later I just copy-paste into a Joplin note. (You can copy a Mmap node, then when you paste it will dump a text outline in.)

  • Anyone here "quiet" ADHD?

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  • Why not go in for diagnosis/screening?Not judging, just curious.

  • What is your up- & downvote behaviour?

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  • I'm pretty similar. I'm probably more generous with upvotes. I'll also downvote:

    • any link without a description
    • YouTube links
    • Twitter reposts (that's usually on reddit, though)

    I have to force myself not to downvote anything with anime. I have a visceral dislike for anime, probably a result of the shitty afternoon TV cartoon lineup in the 70s.

    I block a LOT of accounts. Anything that looks like ragebait or just arguing in bad faith.

  • We went from LEARN TO CODE to NO ONE LEARN TO CODE GET A CONSTRUCTION JOB in about a 3 year span.

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  • I think a lot of the crunch in the labor market for programmers is "monkey see monkey do" thinking at the big tech companies. It might even be somewhat calculated, though I hesitate to call something a conspiracy when it could simply be due to stupidity on the part of senior management.

    Large tech companies tend to have a lot of flexibility and their total headcount because they have a wide variety of departments and tasks that they can set aside for an extended period before it causes any problems. Those problems will eventually catch up with them, though, as will a code base written by somebody who doesn't understand what they're trying to accomplish.

    So I think the pendulum is going to swing back to a labor crunch at some point. My guess is at least another 6 months before we see any hint of that, though. I don't think it will be as bad as it was before the advent of LLMs, though. They really are a productivity enhancing tool, particularly for software developers who know what they're doing.

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    Despite technology, do you still regularly rely on pen and paper?

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  • I do. I tried a couple of different tablets with a stylus, but just like paper and a good pen better. I have a collection of metal pens that I favor. Check out jetpens if you want to go down that particular rabbit hole.

    That said, I take most of my notes in mind maps on a computer. It's really only when I am traveling or once in awhile when I just really feel like writing again that I use pen and paper.

  • ‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw

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  • The premium version has gotten a LOT better in recent months. I just fed it,

    "you can't soothe a tree" meaning

    And it replied with: This phrase is not a standard idiom with a widely recognized meaning. Its interpretation depends on the context in which it is used. Literally, it means you cannot comfort or calm a tree in the way you would a sentient being, as trees do not possess emotions or consciousness that can be "soothed". Metaphorically, it likely means:

    • Some entities (problems, situations, perhaps even certain people) are unresponsive to attempts at emotional comfort or calming.
    • Trying to apply emotional solutions or appeals to things that are inherently non-emotional or unchangeable is futile.
    • It could describe someone who is extremely stoic, impassive, or emotionally unavailable. The specific meaning depends heavily on the situation where the phrase was encountered.

  • Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with alterations in circadian rhythms at the behavioural, endocrine and molecular levels

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  • I appreciate you keeping content flowing in this community! That said, this study is from 2012, so the conclusions may be somewhat out of date.

    I realize that I was complaining without offering anything useful. Here is a more recent article that addresses a similar topic:

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11656626/?hl=en-US

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  • What is the loophole that makes them profitable?

  • Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York

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  • Yep. Detroit has this, too.

  • Another beautiful day in London - Elon Musk's Tesla 'Swasticar Showroom' This Way.

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  • Brilliant. I will bet he find some way to get it removed, though.

  • TIL Roy Orbison wasn't blind. He just wore dark prescription glasses due to an impairment that made him sensitive to bright lights.

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  • TIL somebody besides my wife thought that Roy Orbison was blind.

  • What a great local tradition

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  • I try to separate the art from the artist. It reminds me a lot of the controversy surrounding Ryan Adams. What a brilliant songwriter.

  • What a great local tradition

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  • Same here. The bodies in the trunk, and the person who was responsible really stuck with me.

  • Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)

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  • I have found the opposite in rural Michigan (northern US). My wife's family has a vacation home, and skilled tradespeople are slightly cheaper around there. The place is more than an hour from any large towns, but 30 minutes from several small towns.

    Maybe population is distributed differently here due to the way infrastructure is funded?

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    It do be like that

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  • I have met one trans developer in the last 35 plus years, and I have worked at a lot of different places. I am based in the Midwestern US.

    Is this more a European thing?

    I was wondering what on earth the programmer socks memes were about. I guess there must be enough people somewhere to make this meme-worthy.

  • Microsoft is killing OneNote for Windows 10

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  • I came back here to say "It says right on their home page that it's open source." :-) I installed it & I'm running the importer now to see how well it handles large numbers of notes. Thanks much for the tip!

  • New community for CCW

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  • That is the one that I edited. You don't see the same thing I do? (Thanks again for following up, by the way!)

  • New community for CCW

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  • I edited my post - thank you!